By Daphne Ewing-Chow Senior Contributor. Stories about food & agriculture through the lens of climate change. Rice, the world’s most consumed staple, provides 20% of global daily calories, and feeds billions. Yet, its production is under increasing pressure from pests and diseases, with Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) ranking among the most devastating. Farmers have few […]
The Hindu Bureau. HYDERABAD Use of urea in cultivation of paddy in the coming years is expected to come down by almost 50% as new varieties of paddy – being developed with half of the urea being used now – without impacting the yield would become available, said Ajay Kohli, Deputy Director General (Research) of […]
One of the advantages of these Pusa basmati rice variants is that the farmers can get away with less use of labour for transplantation. By ETV Bharat English Team New Delhi: Two variants of Basmati Rice, developed by PUSA scientists, have helped farmers to reduce water usage by almost 33 per cent as compared to […]
Farmer Protest at Government House, submits rice price guarantee demands to PM. Vows to return in 7 days for escalated action if no progress. More than 300 farmers from Phichit, Nakhon Pathom, Suphan Buri, Ang Thong, Lop Buri, and Ayutthaya gathered at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on Tuesday, March 4, before marching to […]
Recorder Report LAHORE: The Agriculture Department of Punjab on Tuesday clamped a complete ban on sowing rice nurseries in the province before 20th May to discourage the trend of early rice sowing and saving the resources of farmers and preparing them to face the severity of climate change. A notification issued on Tuesday, said in […]
Reuters. Bangladesh’s state grains buyer has issued another international tender to purchase 50,000 metric tons of rice, European traders said on Tuesday. The deadline for submission of price offers is March 19. The tender continues heavy rice purchasing in international markets by Bangladesh after its domestic crop was damaged last year. Floods in August and […]
The global rice market has shifted rapidly, particularly after India lifted its export ban in September 2024. HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s rice export sector has encountered significant turbulence in the first two months of 2025. The global rice market has shifted rapidly, particularly after India lifted its export ban in September 2024. As of […]
Due to the effects of global supply and demand developments, Vietnam’s rice exports in the first two months showed a declining trend as export prices continuously fell. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a dispatch featuring the management to ensure a rice supply-demand balance in light of developments in the global and domestic markets. […]
By TED CORDERO, GMA Integrated News The cost of the Philippines’ main staple, rice, continued its deceleration streak for the second straight month in February 2025 amid the continuous effects of declining global prices, reduction in rice import tariffs last year as well the impact of the declaration of food emergency security to tame the […]
By: Jordeene B. Lagare. MANILA, Philippines – The country’s rice imports are expected to decline this year but remain large enough to drive down the selling prices of local rice farmers despite the continuing shortfall in domestic production. “It might level off but still [reach] over 4 million [metric] tons, mainly due to the drop […]
